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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1932-08-11, Page 7`Thursday', August 11., 1932 THE WINGHAM A.DVANC. ,-Ti4 is (Write Salado, Toronto, for excellent recipe) 268 World . Wide News In 4•rief Form - 'The Dail Passes Bill. Dublin -The ,Dail approved Presi- dent de Valera's emergency estimate of $8,000,000 to aid commerce and industry which has been dislocated by new tariff barriers between Great Britain and the Free State. After a spirited debate, in which 'Opposition members declared the Free State is heading fast for revol- .tion 'accompanied by bloodshed .and violence," the lower House di- vided 58 to 42 in favor of the Gov- ernment proposal, and adjourned un- til Oct. 19. President de Valera rejected a sug- gestion, advanced by Sir Thomas In - skip, the British Attorney -General, in a speech at Stranraer, Scotland, that the door still stands open for arbitration of the land annuities dis- pute by an Imperial tribunal. "I should prefer independence," said Mr. de Valera, "to a partnership in which if I have advantages I have :also many disadvantages." pended in connection with the find- ings of the probe, at which ten wit- nesses were heard. Following close- ly on the heels of the conclusion of the investigation came the arraing- nlent today of Fleurette Paquette, at present serving a jail' term of one month under the name of Blanche, Hamel, She pleaded guilty to, a charge of defeating the ends of jus- tice and was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment with hard la- bor. She is said to have accepted $60 for the job from Blanche Hamel, sentenced for the term.' perial Economic Conference at Ot- tawa. An attempt was made last week during a demonstration of the Worker's Economic Conference in Ottawa by a Sinn Feiner to shout Mr. Thomas. The revolver dropped from the car in which the alleged assassin was driving. It was then planned, authorities learned, to shoot the Secretary of the Dominions as he attended the opening of the Wel- land `Canal. A detachment of police raided an apartment on Queen St., East, arresting Samuel Malone, mar- ried, aged 27. Malone, a former memmber of the Irish Republican Army, and alleged to have been ordered to leave Ire- land, is held as a vagrant. He has, been in Canada four years. Senator Logan's Conduct Denounced Ottawa—Strong condemnation of Senator Hance J. Logan, Amherst, N.S., is made by Chief Justice Har- vey of. Alberta in the Gypsum Queen case. The report to the Dominion 'Government follows inquiry into the war reparations payment of $71,276.- -62 to Captain Freeman Hatfield, van- ished alleged sole owner of the ves- sel, in March; 1931. Senator Logan was solicitor for Captain Hatfield. Commissioner Harvey finds that the evidence "indubitably" establish- es that the three -masted Nova Scotia vessel had not been destroyed, as al- leged, by German submarine action Hungerford Becomes Member of C. N. Board Ottawa—The appointment of S. J. Hungerford, acting president of the Canadian National Railways, to he a member of the hoard of directors of the Government-owned system was announced by Hon. R. J. Manion, minister of railways and canals. His appointment to the board is dated from August 1. He fills the vacancy caused by the resignation of Sir H. Thornton. More Reds to be Deported Quebec—As a result of the con- certed action of the Quebec Attorn- ey -General's Department with the Federal authorities, a number of known Communists will be deported from this country in the very near future, it was learned at the Parlia- ment Buildings. The Reds to be de- ported are those who are at present in the Quebec Jail following their conviction for the part they played in the Rouyn, Que., riots several months ago, and a number of oth- ers who escaped into Ontario at the time, and are being rounded up by officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. as Secretary of Commerce, and im- mediately named. Roy Dilceman Cha- pin of Detroit to fill the post. Lamont's resignation was handed in, the President said, because of the necessity of his immediate re-enter- ing private business, The Chicago engineer -financier was - absent from the Capital, and it was not known to what particular business he would devote hismajor time, May Stop Imports of British Coal Dublin—President de Valera last. week gave warning that unless ord- ers for coal are transferred ,to the. continent he may apply a prohibitive tariff on British coal, Pension Acts to be Examined Ottawa—Official announcement of the appointment of a committee to make a thorough examination into the administration of the Pension in 1915. The Chief Justice further Act was made by Hon. Murray Mac finds that the Gypsum Queen had been lost through ordinary marine peril; and there was no justification for anyy claim for compensation out of German reparation moneys. Commissioner Harvey comes to the conclusion that Senator Logan received "approximately ane -half' of the $71,276.62 reparation payment "for his own benefit." Believe Plot to Kill Rt. Hon. J. H. Thomas, Frustrated Dominion, Provincial .and city po- lice have been unearthing a planned plot to assassinate Right Hon. J. H. Thomas, Secretary of State for the Dominions, and oneof the leaders of the British .delegation to the Irn- Laren, Minister of Pensions and Na- tional Health. Justice Renfrew of the Supreme 'Court of Canada, will be chairman, and eleven others, representing var- ious soldiers' organizations will com- prise the balance of the committee. Convicts. Hire Prison -Proxies Montreal—A long -suspected racket whereby convicted persons have paid proxies to serve short jail terms, was believed to have been broken up by Montreal police. •Fernand Dufresne, Director of Municipal Police, com- pleted a three-day investigation into the alleged impersonation racket. One police officer and an employee of the Recorder's Court were sus - Technical Board of Farm Advisers Proposed by Weir Ottawa—A conference of officials representing all Government agricul- tural services in Canada (Dominion and Provincial), will be held in Tor - onion the week of Aug. 29. Announ- cement of this was made by Hon. Robert 'Weir, Dominion Minister of Agriculture, The Minister will propose the es- tablishment of a national committee of technical men to advice Minister of Agriculture on the best methods of co-ordinating the various Federal and Provincial activities in research experimentation, control, extension and marketing. The meeting has been called to follow closely on the Iixmerial Conference, Australia and United Kingdom Near Agreement Ottawa—Australia is to get Unit- ed Kingdom guarantee for her pro- posed two and one-half billion dol- lar conversion loan -so it was re- ported following conference between Australian and United Kingdom del- egates. The entry of Australia and the United Kingdom delegates upon the final phase of their trade and finan- cial deliberations—for Australia's -ap- proaches are said to be as much fin- ancial as trade—marks the beginning of the end of the conference. It means the new British Empire trade mosaic is actually being laid. behind the scenes. Saskatchewan Crop Prospects Not So Good Ottawa—The month of July was again fateful to the prospects of a bumper Western Canada wheat crop says the Dominion Bureau of Statis- tics. Fair to excellent prospectssstill remain in Manitoba, Northern Sas- katchewan and North-Central and Western Alberta, but the large Cen- tral wheat area, which was drought - stricken in some degree during the seasons of 1929, 1930 and 1931, has been greatly reduced in crop pros- pects during the past three weeks. Societies in York Township To Confer .on Relief Following the announcement that the Federal and Provincial Govern- ment will not contribute more than. 80 per cent. of York Township's un- employment relief costs for the bal- ance of the year, and in view of the fact that the Township Council has already largely overspent its relief budget for the entire year, and, con- sequently, is unable to provide fur- ther -assistance, Reeve A. J. B. Gray last night announced that he would call an immediate conference of all public organizations in the munici- pality to discuss the situation, which he described as very critical. Home -Made. Soft Drinks Cause Illness London—Eight persons were ren- dered very ill and two persons are under hospital treatment, from what is alleged to be poisoning 'which fol- lowed. the making of soft drinks at a picnic from something which had been purchased from a local drug store as citric acid. Change in Hoover Cabinet Washington—.Shifting ..his for the fourth time in four years, President Hooer accepted the resig- nation of Robert Patterson Lamont Cabinet 114E RESTLESSw StASor4 iS r3N 1. At nsu 66, 71.1 N0, We MNT MEN 1N NO ACCIDENT --WE'RE JU OiiS1N (B ACK REV. `D„ TURN AT TN' CHURCH -. y.�.. o ■IP/:Y. \ j.lIIr1IIllills; ,, j . IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII� k HEAD ACNE. IIIA1 bNi lAtym 'Mast BmH 014? « NORIn 0,1 N, vJISYu1 dt NFE2 p}WN' tI8NiAKNOW, UTME 1e $ ttt+owelWE CteN• Z GrYl. 4 / 1 l►P ANI.00W. �Ar NEWS of the DISTRICT For PAGE $JZv N Better Car Perfor'm ance' Lower Engine Upkeep M TOR OIL Ask for r..riGil Crown-Dorreinion. Oil Co„ Limited, Distributor St. Catharines Hamilton. Toronto WO' ,::i1P.:°n��..aa> iah.x"F'rk'�. c'',a,aSSeraa-Bw.-„.l och.^i} .:a P. ment is here and it is hoped that the been engaged with T. Eaton Co.,. has work on the system will soon be re- purchased the general store of Mr, sumed.—Enterprise-News, Gray in Ethel, and took possession on Tuesday, August 2nd. Won in Aged Class Walkerton won fame' as a health resort, when on Wednesday of last week a quartette of locals compos- ed of Jos. White, aged 79 years, C. H. Rogers, 78, Oliver McConnell 75 and Allan Nelson (skip) 63, com- prising as it did, a total of 295 years copped a pair of fancyy suspenders each as the most ancient rink at the Owen Sound Tournament—Walker- ton Herald -Times.' An Early Start Mr. W. P. Thompson, of Tucker - smith, got a head start on other far- mers of the district when on Satur- day, July 30th, he cut five acres of oats on his farm on the second con- cession. The grain was the Gopher variety and it is estimated will av- erage 60 bushels to the acre. Cut- ting oats in July, even the end of July, is not, by any means, an old Huron custom,—Huron Expositor. Hit by Automobile Walking across the Blue Water Highway, south of Dunlop, Saturday night after dusk, Huron Ambrose Tufford, proprietor of "Dad's Cab- ins," was hit by a passing car, and thrown clear of the vehicle, sustain- ing a broken left arm, above the el- now open right through for traffic bow. He is recovering at his home of all types. There is still the work at Dunlop. Mr. Tufford was walk- of the shoulders to complete but this ing to town on the left side of the will only take a couple of week's. road, facing the traffic. A motorist Work is now progressing on the pulled up to offer him a ride, and it was while crossing the road to ac- cept it that he was struck by a northbound car. He says he mis- judged the speed and distance of the car and, that the accident is entirely his own fault.—Goderich Star. • Stole Gas Wednesday night or Thursday morning thieves broke the lock off one of Strome Garage gas pumps and emptied the tank of gas, Not satisfied with that amount of fuel, they drained out 10 gallons in an- other pump container. Mr. Strome is out probably 30' gallons ' of gas. The parties must have come prepar- ed with a drum or there were sev- eral cars needing filling.—Teeswater News. Chickens Stolen Mr. Preston Dearing, of the 2nd concession of Stephen Twp., had a number of young chickens stolen from a- colony house one day last week. Mr. Dearing had raised a number of young chickens and in- tended disposing of some of them to Mr. Victor Hogarth and on going to the colony house at night he found that the majority of them had disap- peared and no trace of them has yet been found. — Exeter Times -Advo- cate. Pavement Open The new stretch of pavement be- tween Listowel and Palmerston, is Run Over' by Truck William Young, West street, thir- teen years of age, suffered severe bruises when his leg was run over by a truck at Agricultural Park on Monday. The boy, who was assist- ing at one of the refreshment booths stepped behind a truck, which in backing up knocked him down and passed over his ankle and thigh. A doctor's examination revealed no broken bones, but the boy is suffer- ing severely from bruises.—Gpoder- ich Signal. Hydro Buys Formosa Plant Negotiations between the Hydro Electric Power Commission and the Formosa Electric Light Company, Limited, which have been in prog- ress for some months, were closed last week when a bargain was fin- ally reached between the parties. The Commission is now in- possession of the Formosa lighting and power system.—Mildmay Gazette. A Big Murphy! One potato, weighting 1 •ib., 5 oz., and still in the growing stage, was brought to. our office last week. It was not a sample of the crop, just a lake product as being superior to the freak among others of all sizes. The other, according to information re - potato was from the garden of Miss ceived by the superintendent of the Mary Little.—Teesswater News. system. The department pointed out that the soap consuming power of Purchased Store 428 parts per million of the well wa- Mr. R. E. Black, who has lately ter marked it as extremely hard and strip on Wallace street inside the town limits. The laying of the tar - via will be completed this week. — Listowel Banner. consequently unsuitable for boiler purposes or domestic use. The hard- ness of the lake water was but 83,6 parts, which the department termed: as "very satisfactory." Any water under 100 parts to a million in this respect is not considered hard and if it can be reduced to.about 80 parts. it is still more satisfactory.—Kincar dine Review -Reporter. Player Fractures Leg. During the course of the hard- fought baseball game here on Wect. nesday afternoon Dr, Geo. Hind in fielding a ball had the misfortune to sustain a slight fracture of his leg near the ankle, which necessitated the retirement of this local third- baseman hirdbaseman for the remainder of the game, and which, as events proved. lost the game for the locals. .Walk- erton Herald -Times. Lake Water to be Used at Kincardine • The Provincial Department of Health, after analyzing samples of 'water from Lake Huron and from the well, on the Water Commission property gave their approval to the Pavement Ready Very Soon The laying of concrete on Have- lock Street was completed last week and in the course of about one week i. will be open to traffic. The County crusher is still operating in the pit, and crushed stone is being used in patching and gravelling, where. it is necessary on the gravel roads in the village,—Lucknow Sentinel. .H. E. P. C. Offers to Sell The Hydro Electric Power Com- mission has commenced negotiations with the Mildmay Council for the sale of the local lighting plant -to the municipality, The village council will consider the Commission's proposals at its next regttlar meeting, Thurs- day, August 11th,—Mildmay Gazette. Suckers Produce Apples` A freak of nature was shown in the shape of a couple of apple tree suckers loaded with fruit. For the benefit of those not familiar with the term a "sucker" is a small straight shoot which comes out of the limb of the apple tree, and is generally considered desirable that they be cut off. The strange exhibit came from a tree at thehome of Mrs. C. C, Brown, at Dungannon, To cary the odd development furth- er, it is reported that alltheapples on the tree this year are on suck- ers, and the large limbs and branch- es are barren. The apples are well developed for this time of year, be- ing the Bellflower variety, which do not mature' until fall.—Blyth Stand-. ard. Turbine Puinp Has Arrived The large turbine pompfor the. Arthur waterworks system; arrived in Arthur on Saturday, It came from Memphis, Tennessee. Other equip - Telephone System Appoints Auditor Mr. Stewart Cameron, Tiverton; was :appointed auditor of the Bruce Municipal Telephone System by the board of commissioners. At the an- nual meeting of the system on 17th of March the meeting neglected the appointment of auditors. When the commission met again in May, John Corbett, who had been disqualified by the Ontario Railway and Munici- pal Board, when electekcornmission- er, was chosen as one of the audit- ors. Subsequently the same board rueld that Mr. Corbett could not hold the position of auditor, as he would be auditing a portion of his own work. The choice was left in the hands of the commission as al- lowed by the Telephone Act and Mr. Cameron received the appointment.— Ripley ppointment—Ripley Express. When. Bobby went to visit his grandmother he was much interest- ed in whatever went on in the kit- chen. itchen. One day she said to him, "I'm going to make you a nice little pie in a saucer, all for yourself. Don't you think I'm pretty good to take so much trouble?" ... Bobby pondered. "Grandma," he said at length, "mother told fine not to be a bother, and if it's goin' to be any trouble you can just as well make my pie realer size." Our mailing lists have been corrected up to July 29th. If your subscription has been paid up and the label is marked up, or if your address is not correct, please notify us at once. We realize that for some of our subscribers to pay up at the present time would be extremely difficult, and to these who have in the past been prompt in their payments, we are only to pleased to allow their subscription to continue without pressing for pay- ment. 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